Mughalsarai

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Mughalsarai
Deendayal Nagar
city
Mughalsarai is located in Uttar Pradesh
Mughalsarai
Mughalsarai
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
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Country  India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Elevation 65 m (213 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 154,692
Languages
 • Official Hindi,Urdu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 232101
Telephone code 5412

Mughalsarai is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction in Uttar Pradesh.

Location

Mughalsarai is bisected by GT Road in three parts. The northern part mainly consists of railway colonies like (Vasant Vihar), New Central Colony, Diesel Colony, Haper Colony, Loco Colony and Roza Colony, Plant-Depot Colony. It starts after the parao road in Varanasi and continue till aliganj road which comes after railway colony on the south.

Railways

The Mughalsarai Railway Station is a famous and the fourth busiest station in India, with about 125 passenger trains pass through the Mughalsarai Junction. Two important railway lines meet at the junction: Main Line (Delhi–Kanpur–Allahabad–Patna–Howrah) and Detour Line (Ambala Cantt-Saharanpur–Moradabad–Bareilly–Lucknow–Varanasi––Howrah).Mughalsarai is one of the largest and busiest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh.Mughalsarai has biggest railway yard in asia.

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